Sarah Payne’s killer Roy Whiting is stabbed and left covered in blood after attack in max security jail
SARAH Payne's sadistic killer Roy Whiting was left covered in blood after being stabbed in jail.
The paedophile was attacked at HMP Wakefield - known as Monster Mansion - over the weekend.
It is understood Whiting was treated for minor injuries with police now investigating.
A source told the Mirror: "Whiting is hated in prison. He was stabbed and was covered in blood. They were trying to kill him."
Whiting was caged for life in 2002 after murdering eight-year-old Sarah.
The fiend snatched the youngster as she walked along a country lane to her grandparent’s home in Kingston Gorse, West Sussex.
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Whiting has been subject to a string of attacks in prison since he was locked up.
In 2020, The Sun revealed how he was knifed by fellow lags you screamed "you f***ing n***e" at him.
The monster was also beaten by Richard Prendergast and Kevin Hyden, who both admitted Section 18 wounding with intent.
The pair had sneaked into Whiting's cell at the high security jail and attacked him before staff managed to intervene.
He was also previously stabbed with a sharpened toilet brush handle by double murderer Gary Vinter.
While in 2002, killer Rickie Tregaskis slashed his cheek with a razor blade - leaving a 6ins scar.
Sarah's murder horrified the nation after she was abducted following a game of hide and seek with her brothers in July 2000.
Her body lay undiscovered for 17 days in a field near Oulborough - around 15 miles from where she disappeared in Kingston Gorse.
A post mortem revealed she had been strangled and suffocated with most of her hair pulled out in the violent killing.
When police searched Whiting's van, they discovered sweets, toys and rope - as well as knives and baby oil.
Clothes officers seized were found to contain strands of Sarah's hair.
Whiting was convicted in December 2001 and is now serving at least 40 years for his sickening crimes.
Monster Mansion - the notorious inmates at HMP Wakefield
OVER the years, the Yorkshire jail has become synonymous with Britain's most evil criminals.
Here are just some of the famous lags to walk the halls at the prison...
Harold Shipman - Nicknamed Dr Death, the monster is believed to have killed around 250 people. Shipman took his own life in his prison cell in 2004.
Levi Bellfield - Milly Dowler's killer is serving a whole life order at the prison over the brutal murder. He was also convicted of slaughtering Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22, but is feared to have killed many more.
Robert Maudsley - 'Hannibal' killer Maudsley spends 23 hours a day in a 18ft by 14ft underground Perspex box at the jail. He was locked up for torturing and murdering four men.
Jeremy Bamber - The monster was convicted of the White House Farm murders in 1985 after slaying five members of his family.
Mark Bridger - Bridger snatched five-year-old April Jones from outside her home in Machynlleth, Mid Wales, in October 2012. He then claimed he had accidentally run the youngster over but was convicted of murder.
Ian Watkins - The Lost Prophets frontman was jailed for 35 years in 2013 for a string of child sex offences. Watkins was stabbed in the neck at the prison last August.
It emerged at the time of Sarah's murder, he had a conviction for abducting and indecently assaulting another little girl.
As a result, the youngster's family campaigned for Sarah's Law, which allows parents, carers and guardians to ask police if someone in contact with a child has a history of offending.
A Prison Service spokesperson told The Sun Online: “A prisoner at HMP Wakefield was treated for minor injuries following an incident involving another offender.